by MSM | Oct 7, 2018 | Adam's Apple, News
On 4 November, during Zaduszki Jazzowe (Jazz All Souls’ Day), NOSPR in Katowice holds an extraordinary event. On one stage the audience will see distinguished jazzmen: Mateusz Smoczyński, Henryk Miśkiewicz, Sławomir Kurkiewicz, Michał Miśkiewicz and Joachim Kühn...
by MSM | Jun 13, 2018 | Mateusz Smoczyński Solo, Metamorphoses, News, Reviews
Review of the newest Mateusz Smoczyński’s solo album “Metamorphoses” in All About Jazz. Though violinist Mateusz Smoczynski has played with the likes of Tomasz Stanko, Branford Marsalis, Joachim Kuhn and Anna Maria Jopek, he’s perhaps best...
by MSM | Mar 7, 2018 | Atom String Quartet, Mateusz Smoczyński Quintet, News
This year Mateusz Smoczyński got five nominations for the Fryderyk Award! As a consequence, he is one of two people with the biggest number of nominations. Albums took part in the contest in three categories: jazz music, classical music and roots...
by MSM | Feb 17, 2018 | News
Mateusz Smoczyński was awarded the title of the Violinist of the Year 2017 in the Jazz Top ranking of the Jazz Forum Magazine! Over 50 music critics voted for winners in 39 categories. Atom String Quartet was second in the acoustic jazz band category (right behind...
by MSM | Aug 10, 2017 | Atom String Quartet, Atom String Quartet, Featured reviews, News, Reviews
The newest Atom String Quartet album “Seifert” has received five stars review at prestigious All About Jazz. Jazz string quartets are rare. Jazz string quartets as brilliant as Atom String Quartet, the Polish ensemble founded in 2010, are rarer still....
by MSM | Jun 16, 2013 | New Trio, News, Reviews
This is the second album by the New Trio ensemble, which consists of Polish brothers: Jan Smoczynski, who plays Hammond organ and composed most of the music herein and Mateusz Smoczynski, who plays violin and is completed by Russian drummer Alex Zinger. The album...
